DCist: Mayor Bowser Taps DC Health Veteran As New Interim Director
D.C. Mayor Bowser has selected Dr. Sharon Lewis as the new interim director of DC Health after longtime leader Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt leaves her post at the end of the month.
Washington Post: With tears, relatives see names of the dead on Korean War memorial
More than 43,000 names have been added to memorial on the National Mall in Washington
DCist: Local Organizers Say Bowser Administration Is Failing Migrants Being Bused To D.C.
Ruth and Ronald heard rumors when they arrived at the Texas-Mexico border that people in D.C. were offering free help to migrants like them. The couple from Venezuela, who declined to give their full names so as to not jeopardize their!-->…
District Links: Bowser selects interim DC Health director; mayor draws new criticism for not…
Mayor Muriel Bowser has named Dr. Sharon Lewis to take over as interim director of the DC Department of Health with the forthcoming departure of Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, who has overseen the agency throughout the pandemic and since the start!-->…
Press Release: Norton Highlights Unique Risk to D.C. Gun Laws at COR Hearing on Gun Violence
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 27, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At today’s House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Press Release: DC Department of Public Works Seeks Public Input on Upcoming Zero Waste DC Plan
News Release — DC Department of Public Works
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 27, 2022
CONTACT: Nancee Lyons
(Washington, DC) - The Department of Public Works (DPW) Office of Waste Diversion is developing a comprehensive Zero!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Encourages Families to Put Required Childhood Vaccinations on Their…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and DC Health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 27, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
James Tyll (DC Health)
Families Out of Date with Required Immunizations Can Expect!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Press Release: Norton Announces Trial Helicopter Noise Reporting System in National Capital Region
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 27, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus and a member of the Subcommittee!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
WTOP: Children’s National Hospital launches Youth Violence Intervention Program
Children’s National Hospital in Northwest D.C. has formed a Youth Violence Intervention Program to support the children who end up in its emergency room.
WTOP: Veteran nurse named interim health director as DC tackles coronavirus, monkeypox
Veteran health official Sharon Lewis has been named interim director of D.C. Health, following the recent resignation of Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt.
WTOP: FDR Memorial steps up accessibility for visually-impaired visitors
The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in D.C., has implemented significant changes to increase accessibility and inclusion for its blind and low-vision visitors. But a blind accessibly consultant says more needs to be done.
Washington Business Journal: American University receives $10M gift for new athletic center
American University has received a $10 million gift from a longtime trustee and his wife to help fund construction of a new athletic facility, the university said Tuesday.
Washington Business Journal: Replica of the original 9:30 Club sets sights on 2023 opening
It could soon be 9:30, again
Washington Post Editorial Board: Mayor Bowser needs to take action on migrant buses coming to D.C.
Since April, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, both Republicans, have bused more than 5,000 undocumented immigrants to the nation’s capital to score political points against the Biden administration’s immigration!-->…
UrbanTurf: A Few New Looks For 500-Unit Redevelopment of Former Department of Agriculture Building
As the redevelopment of the former Department of Agriculture building a block off DC's Wharf moves forward, a few new renderings have been unveiled.
Courtland Milloy in The Post: How to stop gun violence? End poverty and racism.
Erica Ahdoot, executive director of Horton’s Kids, a D.C. nonprofit that helps kids graduate from high school and prepare for life, recently co-authored an opinion piece for The Washington Post about curbing gun violence. Reader response!-->…
DCist: Shakespeare Theatre Production Staff Hold Vote On Unionization
The stagehands, costume and set designers, electricians, audio engineers, and other production staffers at Shakespeare Theatre Company voted to unionize Monday, the result of an organizing effort that began years ago and intensified amid!-->…
DCist: Amid Supply Constraints, D.C. Postpones Residents’ Second Monkeypox Vaccine Doses
With cases rising rapidly and vaccine supply still severely constricted by federal shipments, D.C. is shifting its monkeypox vaccination plan, delaying second doses and instead focusing on getting first doses to high-risk residents.
Press Release: Norton’s Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act Passes in…
News Release — DC Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
July 26, 2022
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the Senate Committee on Energy and!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces $500,000 in Scholarships to Support District Families with…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 26, 2022
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Alex Brown (DME)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today,!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…